S. 1393 

One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen 

An Act 

To streamline the process by which active duty military, reservists, and veterans 

receive commercial driver’s licenses. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jobs for Our Heroes Act’’. 

SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE FOR VETERANS OPERATING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

(a) QUALIFIED EXAMINERS.—Section 5403(d)(2) of the FAST Act 

(49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) is amended to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EXAMINER.—The term ‘qualified examiner’ 

means an individual who— 

‘‘(A) is employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs 

as an advanced practice nurse, doctor of chiropractic, doctor 

of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant, or 

other medical professional; 

‘‘(B) is licensed, certified, or registered in a State to 

perform physical examinations; 

‘‘(C) is familiar with the standards for, and physical 

requirements of, an operator required to be medically certified under section 31149 of title 49, United States Code; 

and 

‘‘(D) has never, with respect to such section, been found 

to have acted fraudulently, including by fraudulently 

awarding a medical certificate.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5403 of the FAST Act 

(49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘physician-approved veteran operator, the qualified physician’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran 

operator approved by a qualified examiner, the qualified examiner’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘the physician’’ and inserting ‘‘the examiner’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘qualified physician’’ and inserting 

‘‘qualified examiner’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘qualified physicians’’ and inserting 

‘‘qualified examiners’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘such physicians’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

examiners’’; and 
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(4) in subsection (d)— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 

paragraphs (3), (1), and (2), respectively, and by moving 

the text of paragraph (3), as redesignated, to appear after 

paragraph (2), as redesignated; and 

(B) in paragraph (3), as redesignated— 

(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘PHYSICIAN-APPROVED VETERAN OPERATOR’’ and inserting 

‘‘VETERAN OPERATOR APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED EXAMINER’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘physician-approved veteran operator’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran operator approved by a 

qualified examiner’’. 

(c) RULEMAKING.—The amendments made by this section shall 

be incorporated into any rulemaking proceeding related to section 

5403 of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 31149 note; 129 Stat. 1548) 

that is being conducted as of the date of the enactment of this 

Act. 

SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE STANDARDS FOR CURRENT 

AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

Section 31305(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VETERAN OPERATORS’’ and inserting ‘‘OPERATORS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE

ARMED FORCES, RESERVISTS, OR VETERANS’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) 

during, at least,’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) while serving in the armed forces or reserve 

components; and 

‘‘(ii) during’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘current or’’ before ‘‘former’’ each place 

the term appears; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘one of’’ before ‘‘the reserve components’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.